Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2025-04-25

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Apr 25
● Final107 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
370 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 292▲ 23 vs year ago 347 · +6.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 39▼ 18 vs year ago 65 · −27.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 18▲ 7 vs year ago 11 · +63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500lbs sold mostly steady on a light test. Feeder steers over 500lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for all classes of feeder calves and slaughter cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.84/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −78.35 against this barn's trailing median of $391.20.
Average price
$312.84
43 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$315
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2-3
$67.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.25
vs KY average
−17.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528327.841,73223
Medium and Large 2554300.281,66416thin
Medium and Large 2-3525285.001,4961thin
Large 1-2560281.251,5752thin
Large 2-3545260.001,4171thin
One grade step is worth $67.84/cwt here — about $315 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale43 hd
312.84
—
KY average25 barns · 1,281 hd
322.09
−9.25
National average175 barns · 11,256 hd
329.95
−17.11
This barn, trailing median29 sales
391.20
−78.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
449396343290median 391.1903/0604/2406/1908/2810/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.22, low $303.56, median $391.20 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,591181.142,8835thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,489157.752,3498thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,174156.901,84321
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,016129.551,31611

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,175$2,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,605$2,7262thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,263$2,5986
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)880$2,4001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,385$2,8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,378$3,8003thin

Every lot

107 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy288460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,3253
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380401.67/cwt400.00–405.001,5263
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,5301
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7551
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,6041
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432402.42/cwt397.50–407.501,7386
Steers450–500Large 1-2455390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7753
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470401.52/cwt390.00–416.001,88715
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,8565
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,6631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514387.81/cwt385.00–390.001,9939
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520372.60/cwt370.00–375.001,9382
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561349.48/cwt345.00–357.501,96110
Steers550–600Large 1-2571345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9704
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581371.24/cwt370.00–375.002,1574
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2191
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2342
Steers650–700Large 1-2692277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,9202
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723296.16/cwt292.50–300.002,1412
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2482
Steers700–750Large 1-2742289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,1442
Steers750–800Large 1-2780277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,1651
Steers800–850Large 1-2815240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9561
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,3541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy235460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,0811
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy253435.05/cwt430.00–440.001,1012
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0591
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1171
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3305342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,0451
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336397.02/cwt390.00–402.501,3346
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,2511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3360330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1881
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379369.09/cwt360.00–372.501,3995
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385399.53/cwt397.50–400.001,5385
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3941
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3410300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2301
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added418389.63/cwt387.50–390.001,6297
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438361.13/cwt350.00–367.501,5828
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479345.07/cwt337.50–357.501,65310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482364.52/cwt362.50–365.001,7575
Heifers450–500Large 1-2483332.44/cwt330.00–335.001,6062
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2493325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6024
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524329.05/cwt320.00–340.001,72421
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4961
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531313.87/cwt300.00–317.501,6679
Heifers500–550Large 1-2535280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4981
Heifers500–550Large 2-3545260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4171
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575315.09/cwt310.00–320.001,8122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584282.81/cwt280.00–292.501,6527
Heifers550–600Large 1-2585282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,6531
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600262.50/cwt260.00–265.001,5752
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4522
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628286.81/cwt270.00–292.501,8014
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671287.47/cwt280.00–290.001,9294
Heifers650–700Large 1-2675240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6201
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688246.32/cwt240.00–252.501,6952
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705306.90/cwt306.90–306.902,16465
Heifers750–800Large 1-2760220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6721
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8101
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,9401
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,1251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2275437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,2031
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy317432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,3715
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2328405.82/cwt400.00–412.501,3313
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2363411.46/cwt405.00–415.001,4943
Bulls350–400Large 1-2370372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,3781
Bulls350–400Medium 1-2395330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3041
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2407412.59/cwt400.00–422.501,6796
Bulls400–450Large 1-2410372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,5271
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426376.73/cwt370.00–392.501,6054
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2450386.88/cwt385.00–392.501,7414
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3470351.41/cwt347.50–355.001,6522
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478368.69/cwt367.50–372.501,7624
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy500392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,9631
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505333.02/cwt327.50–347.501,6825
Bulls500–550Large 1-2520325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6901
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,9445
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3540310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6741
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy555380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1092
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3560290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6241
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6681
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2585346.19/cwt342.50–350.002,0252
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620341.39/cwt335.00–347.502,1175
Bulls600–650Large 1-2620297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,8451
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0001
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1291
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,9892
Bulls650–700Large 2680255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7341
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,0951
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,0171
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2915227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,0821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,345161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,1651
Bulls——1,653186.18/cwt175.00–202.003,0784
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%991133.49/cwt130.00–138.001,3236
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033127.77/cwt126.00–129.001,3204
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,2371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,117147.91/cwt141.00–152.001,6527
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203161.40/cwt155.00–186.001,94214
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,305149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,9441
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,515159.00/cwt154.00–164.002,4097
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3852,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3003,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5353,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1752,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2632,597.59/head2,250.00–2,850.002,5986
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,6052,726.17/head2,400.00–3,000.002,7262
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28802,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.